BILL NUMBER: ACR 183	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   148
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Firebaugh
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Maldonado)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Briggs, Calderon,
Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen,
Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Florez, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice,
Hertzberg, Honda, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach,
Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Margett, Mazzoni,
McClintock, Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti,
Reyes, Romero, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Wayne, Wesson, Wildman,
and Zettel)

                        AUGUST 18, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 183--Relative to a sister state
relationship with the State of Jalisco, Mexico/Relacion de hermandad
con el Estado de Jalisco, Mexico.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 183, Firebaugh.  Jalisco, Mexico:  sister state
relationship/Relacion de hermandad con el Estado de Jalisco, Mexico.
   This measure would extend an invitation to the people of the State
of Jalisco, Mexico, to join with California in a sister state
relationship/relacion de hermandad con el Estado de Jalisco, Mexico.





   WHEREAS, Governor Alberto Cardenas and the Legislature of the
State of Jalisco, United Mexican States, have demonstrated goodwill
to the people of California, hosting a visit by the California
delegation of legislators on August 4 through August 6, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California and the State of Jalisco, United
Mexican States, share a mutually beneficial economic relationship
that includes trade , investments, and commerce in the areas of high
technology manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, and other important
industries; and
   WHEREAS, Generations of people from the State of Jalisco reside in
the State of California, belonging to numerous hometown associations
from the State of Jalisco and representing the most populous Mexican
community in the State of California; and
   WHEREAS, The people and cultural heritage of the State of Jalisco
have enriched art and culture in the State of California in a variety
of ways, including a stone kiosk donated to the City of Los Angeles
by Governor Cardenas as a symbol of goodwill and cultural
interchange, the naming of the State of California by Governor
Cardenas as the honored guest of the Sixth International Mariachi
Festival held in the Capitol City of Guadalajara from August 28
through September 5, 1999, and the commemoration of the "Day of the
Jalisciense Abroad" in the State of Jalisco to strengthen ties with
the Mexican community in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California and State of Jalisco have
supported cooperative research by universities in California and
Jalisco to promote bilateral economic development and to stimulate
employment in Mexican immigrant-sending communities, thereby
providing mutual benefit to the people of the State of California and
the State of Jalisco; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California,
on behalf of the people of the State of California, extends to the
people of the State of Jalisco in Mexico an invitation to join with
the State of California in a sister state relationship (relacion de
hermandad con el Estado de Jalisco, Mexico) in order to encourage and
facilitate mutually beneficial educational, economic, and cultural
exchanges; and be it further
   Resolved, That it is the intent of the Legislature through a
sister state relationship with the State of Jalisco:
   (1) To promote the economic growth and well-being of small,
medium, and large companies in California by increasing their
potential for trade and investment with the State of Jalisco.
   (2) To provide a forum for sustained goodwill and cooperation
between the elected leaders of the State of California and the State
of Jalisco.
   (3) To promote bilateral ties that lead to a more indelible and
lasting relationship between the citizens of California and the
citizens of Jalisco; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor of California, to the Governor of
Jalisco, to the State Congress of Jalisco, and to each Senator and
Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.
